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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] RESOLUTION. NO. 240336

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Sponsor:  Director of Public Works Department

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

RESOLUTION - Expressing the City Council’s support for the City’s grant application for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) in the amount of $76,823,423.00, which would require local matching funds up to the amount of $19,205,856.00; and directing the Director of Public Works to submit the grant application to MARC. 

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WHEREAS, MARC serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Greater Kansas City, and is soliciting project proposals for four Federal Highway Administration funding programs: 2025-2028 Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), 2027-2028 Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ), 2027-2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG)  and the 2027-2028 STBG Set-aside (formerly Transportation Alternatives or TAP); and

WHEREAS, Public Works has identified fifteen (15) top priority projects which will be ready for obligation within the target federal fiscal years and which have engineering, right-of-way, and matching funds identified and/or appropriated:

1.                     KCI-29 Mexico City Ave extension (Council District 1)

2.                     Pleasant Valley Road (Council District 2)

3.                     Traffic Signal Upgrades (Council District 3)

•                     18th at Paseo

•                     Linwood at Indiana

•                     Linwood at Cleveland

4.                     Grand Ave Bike/Ped Bridge (Council District 4)

5.                     Columbus Park Sidewalks (Council District 4)

6.                     Lee’s Summit Road (Council District 5)

7.                     63rd Street Reconstruction - Woodland to Troost (Council District 5)

8.                     Holmes Rd Blue Ridge to 135th (Council District 6)

9.                     Trolley Track Bridge (Council District 6)

10.                     Traffic Operations Center upgrades and TIS (two projects Citywide)

WHEREAS, the Parks Department has identified two (2) top priority projects which will be ready for obligation within the target federal fiscal years and which have engineering, right-of-way, and matching funds identified and/or appropriated:

1.                     96th Street Complete Street - N. Oak to Maplewoods (Council District 1)

2.                     Swope Park Blue River Trail - Lagoon Area to Dog Park (Council District 5)

WHEREAS, the federal funding of transportation projects included in the TIP require a minimum 20% local match; and

WHEREAS, the anticipated construction cost of these seven projects is estimated at $118,903,023.00; and

WHEREAS, based on the project estimates, local matching funds are required up to the amount of $19,205,856.00; and

WHEREAS, the City of Kansas City has already appropriated or allocated a total of $35,100,000.00 in GO Bond funds towards projects on this list of priority projects.  The City would therefore save $15,894,144.00 in GO Bond capacity by leveraging federal funds; and

WHEREAS, these projects will improve reliability in our infrastructure and increase mobility by adding pedestrian and cycling modes, rehabilitate existing infrastructure and systems, and build new infrastructure in support of economic development; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Council hereby expresses support for grant applications for the CRP, CMAQ, STPBG, and TAP programs through MARC  and expresses its intent to provide matching local funds, as required by the grant obligations.

Section 2. That the Director of Public Works is directed to submit the grant applications to MARC.

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